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What Does Piaget's Theory Describe?

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Egan, Kieran – Teachers College Record, 1982

Jean Piaget's belief that children's developmental levels largely determine what they can learn is challenged. Research concerning the existence of cognitive structures in children is critiqued, and problems with administering Piagetian tasks are pointed out. Educators should not restrict children's exposure to learning because, according to…

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks

A Preliminary Report of the Relationship Between Piaget's and Klausmeier's Measures of Children's Cognitive Development. Technical Report No. 426. Reprinted December 1977.

Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976

Piaget's model of children's conceptual learning and development was compared with Klausmeier's Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) model in a longitudinal study. The CLD model suggests four successive levels of concept learning: (1) concrete--recognizing an object which has been encountered previously; (2) identity--recognizing a known…

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement

Third Cross-Sectional Study of Attainment of the Concepts "Equilateral Triangle,""Cutting Tool,""Noun," and "Tree" By Children Age 7 to 17. Technical Report No. 427. Reprinted December 1977.

Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976

The Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) Model specifies four levels of concept attainment (concrete, identity, classificatory, and formal) and three uses of concepts (problem solving, subordinate-supraordinate, and principles). Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of concept attainment may be conducted. The results of this study of 300…

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement